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Steven K. Esser
Also filed as: ESSER STEVEN · ESSER STEVEN K · ESSER STEVEN KYLE
58 granted patents·5 pending applications·348 citations·filing 2010–2022
98Inventor score
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63 records- 0197US10621489B2Massively parallel neural inference computing elementsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 14, 2020·30 cites·33 claims
- 0294US9195903B2Extracting salient features from video using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 24, 2015·37 cites·20 claims
- 0394US8868477B2Multi-compartment neurons with neural coresESSER STEVEN K·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 21, 2014·22 cites·11 claims
- 0493US9536179B2Scene understanding using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 3, 2017·7 cites·15 claims
- 0593US8856055B2Reconfigurable and customizable general-purpose circuits for neural networksBREZZO BERNARD V·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 7, 2014·38 cites·27 claims
- 0692US10521714B2Multi-compartment neurons with neural coresIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 31, 2019·6 cites·16 claims
- 0791US9922266B2Extracting salient features from video using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 20, 2018·9 cites·15 claims
- 0890US10043110B2Scene understanding using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 7, 2018·5 cites·15 claims
- 0990US9373058B2Scene understanding using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 21, 2016·9 cites·20 claims
- 1090US9355331B2Extracting salient features from video using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2015·Granted May 31, 2016·8 cites·20 claims
- 1188US11138495B2Classifying features using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 5, 2021·6 cites·15 claims
- 1288US10558892B2Scene understanding using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 11, 2020·3 cites·17 claims
- 1387US10528843B2Extracting motion saliency features from video using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 7, 2020·5 cites·12 claims
- 1487US9798972B2Feature extraction using a neurosynaptic system for object classificationIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 24, 2017·19 cites·20 claims
- 1587US8473439B2Integrate and fire electronic neuronsARTHUR JOHN V·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 25, 2013·20 cites·25 claims
- 1686US9020867B2Cortical simulator for object-oriented simulation of a neural networkIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 28, 2015·20 cites·25 claims
- 1784US10140551B2Scene understanding using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 27, 2018·2 cites·15 claims
- 1883US8655813B2Synaptic weight normalized spiking neuronal networksANANTHANARAYANAN RAJAGOPAL·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 18, 2014·16 cites·25 claims
- 1982US10628732B2Reconfigurable and customizable general-purpose circuits for neural networksIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 21, 2020·3 cites·18 claims
- 2081US9275330B2Multi-compartment neurons with neural coresESSER STEVEN K·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 1, 2016·8 cites·20 claims
- 2181US9189729B2Scalable neural hardware for the noisy-OR model of Bayesian networksARTHUR JOHN V·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 17, 2015·10 cites·20 claims
- 2280US11556767B2High dynamic range, high class count, high input rate winner-take-all on neuromorphic hardwareIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 17, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 2380US9524462B2Canonical spiking neuron network for spatiotemporal associative memoryESSER STEVEN K·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 20, 2016·10 cites·20 claims
- 2478US9665822B2Canonical spiking neuron network for spatiotemporal associative memoryESSER STEVEN K·Filed 2010·Granted May 30, 2017·9 cites·21 claims
- 2578US8924322B2Multi-processor cortical simulations with reciprocal connections with shared weightsDATTA PALLAB·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 30, 2014·13 cites·20 claims
- 2678US8914315B2Multi-compartment neuron suitable for implementation in a distributed hardware model by reducing communication bandwidthMODHA DHARMENDRA S·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 16, 2014·10 cites·24 claims
- 2775US11501140B2Runtime reconfigurable neural network processor coreIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 15, 2022·2 cites·21 claims
- 2874US12056598B2Runtime reconfigurable neural network processor coreIBM·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 6, 2024·0 cites·24 claims
- 2974US11270196B2Multi-mode low-precision inner-product computation circuits for massively parallel neural inference engineIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 8, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 3072US12387082B2Scheduler for mapping neural networks onto an array of neural cores in an inference processing unitIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 12, 2025·2 cites·25 claims
- 3170US9886662B2Converting spike event data to digital numeric dataIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 6, 2018·4 cites·20 claims
- 3268US10846567B2Scene understanding using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 24, 2020·0 cites·15 claims
- 3368US10769519B2Converting digital numeric data to spike event dataIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 8, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 3467US11238347B2Data distribution in an array of neural network coresIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 1, 2022·1 cites·25 claims
- 3567US9152916B2Multi-compartment neurons with neural coresIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 6, 2015·2 cites·18 claims
- 3666US12182687B2Data representation for dynamic precision in neural network coresIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 31, 2024·1 cites·22 claims
- 3766US2020034687A1Multi-compartment neurons with neural coresIBM·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3864US11010662B2Massively parallel neural inference computing elementsIBM·Filed 2020·Granted May 18, 2021·0 cites·23 claims
- 3964US8898097B2Reconfigurable and customizable general-purpose circuits for neural networksBREZZO BERNARD V·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 25, 2014·2 cites·2 claims
- 4063US11227180B2Extracting motion saliency features from video using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 18, 2022·0 cites·18 claims
- 4163US9881252B2Converting digital numeric data to spike event dataIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 30, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 4262US10115054B2Classifying features using a neurosynaptic systemIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 30, 2018·2 cites·17 claims
- 4361US9460383B2Reconfigurable and customizable general-purpose circuits for neural networksIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 4, 2016·1 cites·18 claims
- 4458US11238343B2Scalable neural hardware for the noisy-OR model of Bayesian networksIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 1, 2022·0 cites·14 claims
- 4558US8944000B2Workpiece carrierOERLIKON TRADING AG·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 3, 2015·0 cites·16 claims
- 4656US12400112B2Efficient method for VLSI implementation of useful neural network activation functionsIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 26, 2025·0 cites·17 claims
- 4755US10810487B2Reconfigurable and customizable general-purpose circuits for neural networksIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 20, 2020·0 cites·11 claims
- 4854US10755165B2Converting spike event data to digital numeric dataIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 25, 2020·0 cites·15 claims
- 4953US11138492B2Canonical spiking neuron network for spatiotemporal associative memoryIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 5, 2021·0 cites·9 claims
- 5053US10650309B2High dynamic range, high class count, high input rate winner-take-all on neuromorphic hardwareIBM·Filed 2016·Granted May 12, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
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